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thevalleyisjolly · 5 months

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As an intrinsic part of their Mortal heritage, I like to think that all the Half-Elven in Middle-earth have at one point in their lives (but most especially their youths) had a fairly unflattering haircut that they genuinely believed was the hottest shit ever:

Dior had a long feathered mullet that was a pure flex to show off how naturally full and voluminous his hair was. He only cut it once the twins were born and it became too much work to maintain while looking after two babies.

Elúred and Elúrin got their hands on an unattended bottle of hair dye when they were five and gave themselves skunk hair bangs that took months to wash out.

Elwing once experimented with teasing her curls into a big 80's hairdo because people told her how her father used to have big hair.

Eärendil had to cut his hair after a lice scare onboard one of Círdan's ships and went for a bowl cut that he thought would be quick and easy to do. Unfortunately, the bowl he used was a little too small and the high fringe made it look like he was wearing a small hat made out of hair. Idril had conniptions. Tuor managed to hold in his laughter until he could reach the privacy of an inner room. Elwing demonstrated the incredible power of love by both saying yes to his proposal and offering to neaten his fringe so that it at least looked a little less choppy.

Elrond stubbornly sported a man bun undercut for two whole years after he lost a bet with one of Maedhros' Mortal retainers and Maglor made a sighing comment about how he shouldn't worry because his hair would soon grow back out "nice again."

Elros gave himself curtained hair in solidarity with Elrond so that Maglor would get off his back, and kept it until the first time he commanded a war party and got good-naturedly ribbed to hell about looking like a 14 year old kid.

Like father like son, Elladan wore a rat tail for a few years after one of the Dunédain wagered he couldn't pull it off. He really couldn't, although he thought it looked great and was forever trying to do fancy styles with it until Elrohir staged a sibling intervention.

Elrohir maintained a buzzcut for nearly fifty years after his parents a little too amusedly said that he could do whatever he liked with his appearance now that he was of age.

Arwen went through a phase in her 200s where she dyed her hair with whatever colours she could get her hands on. The silver was very nice (Celeborn was extremely proud) and the blue highlights were interesting but still managed to work. She even made a decent ginger. However, the attempt at Arafinwëan gold just ended up a washed-out bleach blonde that is to date the only thing that has ever stunned Galadriel into utter speechlessness.

+Although not born Mortal, Lúthien spent a full Valinorean year with feathers instead of hair while trying to shape-shift into a nightingale. It actually made for quite an aesthetic when she took the time to preen them properly, but as she was far too busy running around having adventures with Daeron, the effect was more often ruffled bird's nest than sleek wings.

#lotr #silmarillion #dior eluchil #elúred #elúrin #elwing #eärendil #elrond #elros #elladan #elrohir #arwen #peredhil headcanons

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havenotwillnotreadthebooks · 6 months

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*le gasp* whats this? More Nolofinwean headcanons! for today of @nolofinweanweek and it’s theme 7:)

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Day 5: Lindon - War of the Ring ● Elrond ● Elros ● Gil-galad

At one point Elros gets cornered during battle and bites and claws his way out

At several points Elrond gets fed up with opening boxes in Lindon and just shreds the things with his bare hands to get the stuff inside

Gil-Galad doesn’t know how peredhel bodies work and at this point he is too afraid to ask

Gil-Galad frequently writes to Cirdan all throughout his kingship in Lindon, and visits whenever he can make an excuse for it

Gil-Galad was mostly raised by Cirdan the Shipwright, and unofficially considers the elf his father

Elrond learns of Gil-Galad & Cirdan’s found fam relationship, calls his king stupid, then immediately orchestrates a reason for Cirdan to visit for a week so Gil can show his city to his dad

#nolofinweanweek #nolofinweanweek2023 #elros #elrond #gil galad #silm headcanons #cirdan #peredhel #peredhil headcanons #eldritch peredhel #somewhat #event posts

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ilya-halfelven · 2 years

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Maiar powers in Melian’s descendants

It’s canon in Tolkien’s writing that Luthien inherited a vast amount of power from her Maia mother, even though she ended up choosing a mortal lifespan. I headcanon that all her descendants inherited some of that gift, diluted or not. There’s some canonical support for this, in Elwing’s ability to shapeshift as Luthien once did (for die-hard Silm canon supporters, maybe Ulmo didn’t give Elwing that ability, just showed her how to use it?) Along with this, imagine the reactions of those who married into this line- Thingol, Beren, Nimloth, Earendil and Celebrian (or became caretakers of the half-elven children, as Maglor and Maedhros did)- when their infant children randomly began shapeshifting or manipulating the elements to varying degrees? The reactions would be... interesting to say the least, particularly if they don’t expect it to happen!

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tanoraqui · 1 month

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Theory: Elrond effectively wears headlamps like a Dad(TM)

Proof:

Elrond, at least on semi-formal occasions, wears “a star upon his forehead” (RotK book 6, ch.9)—that is, presumably, a pale glowing gem on some sort of coronet. This comes across as very classically Elvish (light, jewelry, star imagery), and a nigh-explicit reference to his father Eärendil. However…

Elrond’s children don’t see as well as Elves, as cited here. If his children don’t, then Elrond, even less Elvish by blood, certainly doesn’t. Now, I will admit that I forget if “Elves can see in the dark” is canon or very popular, D&D-enabled fanon, but it certainly makes sense considering that Elves flourished for centuries or millennia under just starlight, before daylight even existed…and it’s equally reasonable to assume that half-elven night vision is as relatively “weak” as their cited distance vision.

Elrond is the proud father of three, and exhibits traditional Dadly behaviors such as being a little bit of a nerd (loremaster) but also one of the most reliable guys you know, adopting any child left in his presence for a sufficient amount of time (Aragorn), and telling his daughter’s aspiring bf that he won’t be good enough for her until he has a steady job (also Aragorn).

My dad irl, who I promise is a pretty typical Dad, was positively delighted when he discovered casual-use head-mounted flashlights about a decade ago, and has self-satisfiedly worn them on every camping trip and nighttime dog walk ever since.

CONCLUSION: Elrond regularly wears glowing, star-evocative gems on his brow, especially while traveling or at fancy evening parties, and he looks great and it make people respectfully murmur Eärendilion (whether he likes it or not)… But really, it’s not a fashion statement or implicit political position or whatever; it’s because if he doesn’t have some sort of flashlight, he will trip on torchlit steps or walk into low-hanging tree branches in the dark. And it’s so much easier if it’s hands-free! (Especially when he’s spelunking for lost texts!)

His kids all go through a phase of thinking he’s mortifyingly dorky about this, then begrudgingly come to accept that it is really convenient to have a hands-free light for dark nights, caves, etc, and start wearing one themselves.

#lotr #lord of the rings #the silmarillion #elrond #elrond peredhel #elrond half elven #peredhil #theories #headcanon accepted

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an-eldritch-peredhel · 1 year

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You are the daughter of an angelic faerie and an elven king. You have grown up inside the only magical safe-haven of an increasingly apocalyptic land outside. You have wanted for nothing, essentially leading the perfect life, suffering and death playing little role beyond the abstract. Your father will never die, and your mother will never leave, but for tradition you are still crown princess and are educated as such. You love to dance and to sing.

You meet some kind of monster inside your mother's borders, a monster not of her or your making. It stumbled across you, dancing in the forest, bloody and travel-worn and weary and wide-eyed as it stares. You are stronger than it, but you run rather than lunge for the kill. You feel pity, more than fear. And something about him makes the part of you that you inherited from your mother sing.

He tries to follow you, for a year and a day. You are stronger, and faster, and stealthier, and you let him see you sometimes anyways. You are not convinced that he is not a monster, but nor are you convinced that he is.

Spring blooms again to the tune of your song, and you let him get closer than before until you run.

But you hear him speak for the first time. He is a speaker, and perhaps to him you are the monster. You do not run, and you do not kill.

He calls you "Tinuviel"

He calls you nightingale- a little songbird, plain and brown, with a lovely voice. They are your mother's creation, but he does not know this.

He calls you daughter of twilight- perhaps for your skin and eyes and hair, but perhaps because that is when he has seen you most.

He calls you singer- creator of the very fabric of the universe, skilled enough to deserve the title.

You are the most beautiful creature the world will ever see, the daughter of an angel and a king. He does not call you beautiful, or angelic, or princess. He calls you a singer, plain and brown, dark and distant as the approaching night.

He is bloody and travel-worn and weary and wide-eyed as you dare to step closer.

He called you nightingale.

You don't know what to call him, but you hope to find out.

#my writing #my headcanons #headcanon #silm fic #lay of leithian #beren and luthien #luthien #luthien tinuviel #beren #eldritch peredhil #second person pov #sorry but the vibes demanded it #big kudos to that one post that went #'luthien probably stopped for beren bc he called her nightingale acknowledging her skill instead of her beauty'#bc that was a big inspiration here #luthien gets a lot of my love but THE RELATIONSHIP IS TWO SIDED #BEREN MAKES HER FEEL LIKE HERSELF AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR SLANDER #also incredible vibes that luthien canonically worries beren is an orc at first afaik #like maybe problematic but. an eldritch demigoddess going 'you look like you're on my parents kill list of monsters. oh well' speaks to me #not pictured is beren trying to pull himself together w/ internal screaming bc 1) that *should not have worked*#he is as smooth as sandpaper. he is a vegan hobo bogman who talks to animals and is traumatized and hasn't showered in months #2) the Creature that is Looking At Him with its head tilted and eyes pinning and stalking closer with fangs and talons out #should be doing much more for his survival instincts and much less for his libido than it is #beren is certifiably Doing His Best and i love him #banged this out in 10 minutes in a daze of blorbo squeezing lets see if people like it lol

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camille-lachenille · 7 months

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New theory just dropped: Erestor is one of Dior and Nimloth’s sons.

I know that Erestor Caranthirion or Erestor as a loyal Fëanorian are the two most popular versions of his backstory in the fandom. But bear with me; there is a discarded version of the Legendarium where Erestor is a Peredhel, kin to Elrond. My brain latched in this tidbit of info and here’s my reasoning: Eluréd and Elurín’s fate is unknown and it’s widely accepted that they died a terrible death in the woods. But what if one of them survived and took a new name and, decades later, found his last surviving relative in Middle-Earth?

Eluréd and Elurín wandered in the woods, scared, cold and hungry, fleeing from the bad Elves who wanted to kill them. They tried to eat whatever plants they knew were safe but Eluréd ate the wrong ones and died, leaving his brother alone and even more scared and traumatised. Elurín continued to wander until he was found by a group of Sylvan Elves who took him in. Despite being young and not understanding why the bad Elves destroyed his home, Elurín knew that telling strangers his name was dangerous, so he picked a random name: Erestor.

Erestor grows up with the Sylvan Elves, slowly forgetting the worst events of his life. His foster family only ever knows he lost all his family during the Second Kinslaying and they put his weird growing up timeline and other Peredhel traits on the account of trauma (because for sure being the only survivor of his family and almost starving to death in the woods would mess up with the health and development of a child so young).

Anyways, fast forward to the War of Wrath: Beleriand is less and less safe and some of the Sylvan join the remaining forces of the Noldor to fight along the Host of the Valar. Erestor is amongst them, he fight with everything he has in revenge of something he can’t quite remember. The new star in the sky calls to him, looking achingly familiar, and he often spends nights simply following its course, struggling with the muddled memories of his early childhood. That’s when he learns Elwing survived the Third Kinslaying (Erestor was sick when he heard of it) and her sons, his nephews, may still be alive.

One night, Erestor is summoned by Eonwë and presented with the Choice. This comes as a shock, and the decision is painful but, in the end he choses the fate of the Eldar. Not as much for him as for his twin who never got to live to make the choice. Erestor, Elurín in this moment, swears to live for both himself and Eluréd.

It’s only after the war ends that Erestor meets Elrond; they are assigned to the same team of supervision while Gil-Galad builds Lindon, and soon become friends. Erestor is torn between telling Elrond his identity or keeping quiet, because he sees just how much his nephew (and it is a weird thing to have a nephew, when he grew an only child) struggles to reconcile his birth heritage and the culture he grew up with, and later with the death of Elros. And Erestor can relate in a way, because he too was sundered from his twin brother, the last of his family.

When Elrond establishes Imladris, Erestor is the first to help him. By this time, I imagine Elrond has an inkling of who his old friend may be, at the very least that he is a Peredhel too, but he choses not to confront him. They all have secrets after all, and enough grief to last them forever. But he starts talking more openly about his family, how he misses his parents, how much he wants to talk with his mother and hear about her from another source than historical accounts. It still takes the war of the Last Alliance and almost dying for Erestor to tell Elrond who he is.

Their relationship doesn’t really change, because they only ever knew each other as grown men shaped by war but, when he marries Celebrían, Elrond still asks Erestor for his blessing as his eldest relative alive. Erestor cries a little as he embraces his nephew and gives him all the blessings he can think of.

And when Elrond Sails at the end of the Third Age, Erestor goes with him, and they are both eager and scared at the prospect of meeting Elwing after three ages apart.

#tolkien #the silmarillion #erestor #elurin #elured #peredhil #elrond #headcanon #long post #silm headcanons #half baked ramblings by a sleep deprived tolkien fan

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anghraine · 1 year

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Honestly, I have vaguely headcanoned for a long time that the reason Elladan and Elrohir “delayed their choice” is at least partly because they suspected that they would choose differently and didn’t want to face that fact quite yet.

That's a great headcanon, anon!

I do think that any interpretation which goes "of course they would choose X" has to deal with the implication that making the choice was difficult for both of them and they put it off. We don't know why it was difficult, but there was some reason.

And they do seem very much associated with the Dúnedain of the North, so it seems likely enough that one or both felt some affinity for the Dúnedain (and perhaps Men in general). If there was enough difference of inclination or feeling to choose different fates, I can definitely see them delaying as long as possible.

#anon replies #respuestas #legendarium blogging #elladan #elrohir #headcanon #peredhil

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runawaymun · 2 years

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Do you think Cel would be the one to teach the twins and Arwen how to do their hair, or Elrond?

Yes and yes and no?

So don’t mind me, let me ramble real quick about my hair headcannons:

So in my head the twins have like, 3c/4a hair texture. It was more of a 4a texture when they were small and as they gained length stretched to more of a 3c texture. It’s fairly porous and fine and prone to breakage, like kinky/coily hair tends to be. Arwen got more of her mom’s texture which is like…a mix of 2b, 2c, 3a, and 3b (depending on the day/humidity etc.). Their hair is less porous. So it requires a very different hair care routine.

And then there’s Elrond and he’s got, at most, 2a hair but really it’s in the 1 department as far as waves/curls go. And it’s not porous at all.

And as far as culture goes, though, with the Noldor I headcannon that it’s very much a parents’ job (especially a father’s) to help their children take care of their hair. Hair care is a chief bonding/social activity and it’s considered especially important for fathers since they don’t carry the babies/give birth, y’know. It’s kind of like how we know the importance of skin-to-skin contact, especially for fathers and their children, early on— to help that bond form. And it’s considered neglectful if fathers don’t care for their children’s hair.

So of course this is a big deal for Elrond and of course he TRIED, like by god he TRIED. But the gulf between what’s needed for non-porous 1-spectrum hair and porous 3-4 spectrum hair is huge. Arwen wasn’t really a problem but he didn’t know at all how to care for the twins’ hair.

Celebrían is more used to handling curls and also grew up around more of the 3-4 spectrum hair culture partially because I headcannon Celeborn as having kinky hair (where the twins got it from), and partially because it’s just more common among the Sindar. She has an easier time handling their hair but she’s still not amazing at it.

So I have this headcannon that she asked her dad for a lot of help with this. But also…idk I headcannon her being culturally more Sindarin than Noldorin so while she obviously involves Elrond and obviously Elrond tries to involve himself, there isn’t necessarily a conscious “let me teach you everything about how their hair works so you can do it all on your own”. It’s more of “I have the easiest time and I know this is difficult for you so don’t worry about it I’ll handle most of it”

(They have a lot of cultural miscommunications early on)

Elrond doesn’t really express that this makes him feel like a bad father because like…that’s one insecurity he does NOT want to admit to. So he mostly just sticks to helping Arwen with her hair and helping the twins with braiding.

Until they go and visit Lothlorien one summer and Celeborn totally picks up on this (being older and very much more consciously aware of Sindarin-Noldorin cultural differences from being married to his wife for so long and going through so many weird and unexpected misunderstandings…). It’s not that Celebrían isn’t trying to understand and involve her husband, it’s just that they’re relatively newlywed and she really isn’t thinking about this particular social more and Elrond isn’t communicating it.

Well anyway I headcannon that Celeborn really sat Elrond down that summer they spent on Lothlorien with the twins and step-by-step taught Elrond all about the twins’ hair texture and all the care it needs to be healthy. Cel was involved in this process too because she also had a lot to learn, but I think Celeborn really attuned to this insecurity and focused his attention that summer on building Elrond up as a dad and giving him confidence in how to help his sons with their hair. And it was like, one of the chief father-in-law and son-in-law bonding moments for them.

So I guess what I’m saying here is that they BOTH help the twins and Arwen with their hair, but at first it was more Cel than Elrond until Celeborn really taught Elrond how to handle their hair. And after that they equally shared responsibilities. Elrond reaches the kids about Noldorin hair sensibilities and hairstyles and Cel teaches them about Sindarin hair sensibilities and hairstyles. So they end up with a weird cultural mix of the two that scandalizes everyone 😂

#celeborn #Elrond #peredhil fam #Lothlorien fam #Celebrían #Elladan and Elrohir #meta #my headcanons #this was a nice distraction this morning thank you! 🥺

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sakasakiii · 11 months

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Hi!

I love your work!! Your art is very pretty. Do you have a specific idea of how old everyone is ? Do you lean more towards canon or do you have your own dates in mind ? If don’t wanna a answer it’s ok!

Hope u have a nice day

(Remember to drink water!)

hiiii nonnie!!! thank you for checking in, and im happy u like the stuff i put out!! when it comes to ages, it's difficult to answer sometimes bc of the way professor tolkien's timeline is-- it makes gauging one singular place where most of the cast can be compared something that makes my tired brain go 😵🤧🤕 but i love the prompt youve given! and thus heres my attempt at it

with most of my tolkien stuff, i always try to stick to canon wherever possible emphasis is on try lmao and the topic of ages is one such place. i do make exceptions to the Professor's canon sometimes for a few reasons: 1) i like some of the scrapped ideas in his drafts, or 2) i just prefer other options. with ages, i think the only charas with canon-established ages i deviated from are fingolfin, finrod, turgon, and aredhel. i try to keep cases like these minimal tho, so i hope it doesn't bother anyone too much... 👉👈

anyways i figured just dropping a list of numbers would be kinda boring to look at so heres an illustrated guide to what the ~rough~ ages of the finweans are in my head whenever i write or draw. Y.T. 1495 (the year Finwe dies) is the controlled medium ive used to enable a fair comparison of the Finweans

note: "born Y.T. xxx" means this is the canon date of birth listed on Tolkien Gateway. "est. born [xxx]" means this is a noncanon estimate:

the First Age gets a lot more muddled from there due to the hullaballoo of everything going on, so ill only be including the doriathrim and a few other denizens of nargothrond:

it's mostly the older elves that are more undefined/vague with their ages (i.o.w. others like elwing, earendil, the peredhil twins, and most Men all have set dates of birth), so they're all i'll be doing for now. but it's that vagueness which makes hcing all the more enjoyable, isn't it! plus since we’re on this subject, under the cut are just a few headcanons and musings ive had that i wanted to put somewhere 😙

Finarfin and Earwen were born within months of each other! Finwe and Olwe made a Really Big Deal out of when they found out their wives were pregnant at the same time. As a result, the two were often sent on many playdates with each other to “bolster healthy relations” between the Noldor and the Teleri. It wasn’t an arranged marriage situation, but I like to think they were goofy for each other from the start… Resulting in the two eventually getting married as soon as they came of age, the fastest out of all of Finwe’s kids to do so.

The reason the Ambarussa are significantly younger than the other Finweans (especially the Feanorians-- there’s a 100 Valian year gap between them and Curufin alone!) is because I imagine they were accidental babies that even Feanor didn’t expect to conceive. too bad morgoth said "its morgin time!" and started Messing Things Up shortly afterwards.....

Anaire was Lalwen's good friend long before she married Fingolfin; they met through Lalwen who wingmanned Fingolfin the whole time. i like think Anaire'd be the best out of all the wives at keeping good, healthy bonds with all the women of her family :DD

luthien's potential 姐姐/big sis dynamic with all the younger doriathrim elves is something i daydream about a lot 😌 but sometimes the fact that she's older than finarfin keeps me up at night

this has been really fun, so thanks again for asking-- annnd yessir, i am chugging water as i write this so you better be doing the same ❤️ have a great start to your week!

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disorganisedautodidact · 1 year

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You know that one post that's been going around about how Morgoth hated elves most but Sauron hated men more, and both of them feared and hated the peredhil most of all?

Ok so: Based on that, I now headcanon Elrond and Elros had massive targets on their backs from the moment Morgoth found out they existed. (Elwing would have, too, but I think in her case Morgoth was waiting for the oath of Fëanor to do its thing. It's so much less work if the elves are killing each other, and so much more damaging to their morale.)

Just. Maedhros and Maglor having to run and hide in a different part of Beleriand every couple of years because their strongholds, camps and hideouts kept getting attacked because Morgoth wanted the twins. Them not sending Elrond and Elros to Gil-galad before the war of wrath started because a small, easily hidden band of the most capable warriors left in Beleriand was the safest place for them to be, or because they didn’t want to provoke a direct attack of Morgoth on Gil-galad. Maglor having to talk Maedhros down from killing the twins because Maedhros in his despair was convinced Morgoth would capture them otherwise.

The tension of it being the Fëanorions' fault that Elros and Elrond didn't have their home or their mother any more,* and Maedhros and Maglor and everyone in their camp risking their lives repeatedly to keep them safe...

* because I don't think they were able to not commit the third kinslaying, but I do think it's their fault for swearing the oath in the first place

#kidnap fam

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tolkien-feels · 1 year

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Oh I forgot to post it in December but I just remembered it and I've got exactly three minutes of free time rn so you get it now

There's a version of The Hobbit that describes Elrond not as "kind as summer" but "kind as Christmas." Of course that can't be a thing because Arda doesn't have Christmas but consider: yule, in the vague-ish midwinter celebration Tolkien uses sometimes

And then we can have my headcanon:

Elrond - kind as summer - in spite of being counted among elves, just calls to mind days of plenty of sun

And Elros - kind as yule - in spite of being counted among men, just calls to mind the winter solstice aka the longest night in the year ie the day when you can see stars for the longest time

(Yes, this is part of my "let peredhil be peredhil rather than one race or another" agenda)

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echo-bleu · 3 months

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🐉 A lot of figures in the Silm have weird Eldritch powers or possibly biology. Tell us about your headcanons for one.

Thank you!

I don't know that I have properly eldritch headcanons. I love eldritch peredhil fics as much as the next person, but I haven't written any.

I am, however, fascinated by the concept of Singing, especially in a war setting. Just imagine a regiment of elven cavalry descending on you, Maglor at their heads probably, and they're singing and you can just feel the power ripple through the air, through your blood, fighting your very biology, maybe even changing the landscape as they pass. The song battle between Finrod and Sauron is one of my favourite poems by Tolkien and a fave bit of the Silmarillion. I wish I could draw that! But the very nature of Song is that it's not really possible to draw haha.

The use of Song in everyday life also has a lot of potential! Just heating up water by humming a melody, or shaping a piece of metal or stone with your voice, I just love that.

It's pretty much canon that all elves sing, but I've been thinking about my Deaf!Artanis in shine still brighter and how else she might find that kind of power (or how she works without), so stay tuned for that :)

#ask game #echo's ramblings #silmarillion #tolkien

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the-elusive-soleil · 7 months

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My standard headcanon, which I do very much like, is that Elrond and Elros are essentially curse/doom kryptonite because of Luthien mojo, Tuor-blessed-by-Ulmo mojo, etc. But it occurred to me that there could be another possibility, and I don't have time to fully write it, so y'all can run wild with it:

What if, around the time Elrond and Elros have to make the Choice of the Peredhil, they're also told that they have to choose whether to be counted as (half) Noldor or Sindar? (For right now, we'll assume Elros also has to make this choice, even though he's going to be living as a human, because it will affect how he sets up his kingdom and who he can ally with.)

The thing is, ever since they joined up with the Host of the West, they've been confusing the snot out of everybody. They look like Luthien's line. They've been raised by Feanorians for, let's say, the past forty-odd years, and it's in their mannerisms, their clothes, the way they fight. They switch, sometimes apparently at random, between using Earendilion, Nelyafinwion, or Kanafinwion as patronymics. In a camp that is ostensibly all one army, but under the surface is positively rife with different factions, they insist on making friends with people from everywhere.

The Valar are getting confused, too: what exactly are they supposed to do with these two, with their absolute trail mix of heritages?

So Eonwe or whoever finally tells them that they have to choose. Either they can be Sindar and have the friendship of Oropher's people, go by Earendilion (or maybe Elwingion, to be safe) and never speak Quenya or wear the Star of Feanor again, but have the blessing of Luthien...or they can be Noldor, and stay in touch with the people and customs they've lived most of their lives with at the expense of associating with their mother's people. Also, in that case, they'll definitely fall under some kind of doom, but it won't be so bad if they declare themselves as Nolofinwean through Idril, rather than Feanorian by adoption.

Obviously, their first response would be to be stubborn and difficult and rules-lawyering, and not choose at all. And that would be really fun to see. But say they couldn't. Say they had to choose. What then?

Let's say they split the difference. Does Elros choose to be counted as (metaphysically and by origin) Sindar so that his kingdom can thrive, and then quietly keep Elrond and Maglor and (assuming he's survived) Maedhros under his aegis so their doom can't catch up with them? Does Elrond take this on instead, since he's the designated immortal one, and try to find some way to keep in close enough touch with his brother and fathers to pass along some of his luck? How well does this work? What happens to Numenor if its first king is carrying a family curse? What happens to Elrond if he's the cursed one, trying to dodge his way through the successive ages of the world once his brother is gone?

Or let's say they both embrace the Noldor side, just to pull the rug out from under everyone who thinks they'll take this chance to ditch the people who raised them. Presumably it doesn't get as bad as it does for, say, Turin, but how bad does it get? How do they deal with the guilt crises that Maglor and Maedhros absolutely will have over this? How long does Numenor last (or does it fall in exactly the same time and manner as in canon, just with people blaming something different)? Does Rivendell exist at all? What do the Second, Third, Fourth Ages look like now?

Or let's say, for whatever reason you like, that they choose their Sindar side. Maybe because it's a side of themselves that they never got to fully explore, and they don't want to give it up out of hand. Maybe in an attempt to keep the people around them safe. Maybe because they have just a bit of foresight and see that they'll be needed in certain roles in the future and this is the best way. Maybe because Maglor and Maedhros have taken the Silmarils and vanished, and the twins think their adoptive family doesn't want them anyway. What does that look like? How do they reconcile their new lives with their old ones? How many habits do they have to break that they didn't even realize would be looked on with suspicion? How bad is the culture shock, and how long until it wears off?

Assuming they choose, how much do you think they try to fudge it, aiming for a sneaky blend of both? How well does it work? Are the attempts an open, amused secret? Or do they try and fail, over and over again, until they realize that whatever they chose is set into the fabric of reality just as their choices between Man and Elf altered something deep in them?

How will the parent(s) they didn't choose to follow react when, inevitably, they all meet again?

#silmarillion #thinky thoughts #just a bit of free range weirdness #elrond #elros #kidnap fam #the everything bagel backgrounds of elros and elrond

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nolofinweanweek · 1 year

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Welcome to Nolofinwëan Week 2023! A fandom event celebrating the House of Fingolfin.

Fingolfin, Anairë and their descendants play a vital role in the narrative, starting from the Years of the Trees in Valinor all the way to the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. The members of this noble house are some of the fandom's favorite characters like Elrond, Fingon, Turgon, Aredhel, Maeglin, Idril and the long line of half-elven people.

The event was started in 2019 by @windrelyn and @eikyuuyuki and is returning this year from November 6 - 12, 2023.

Nolofinwëan week welcomes fan creations centering any members of the House of Fingolfin through the ages. You can participate with fanfiction, fanart, headcanons, close readings and musings, edits, or anything else that inspires you to celebrate these characters.

To have your work shared on the event’s page, please mention the blog @nolofinweanweek in your post and include the hashtags #nolofinweanweek and #nolofinweanweek2023 in the first 10 tags. Works can also be added to the AO3 collection.

Below are some inspirational, nonmandatory prompts to get you started. Detailed explanations about each prompt are here.

Day 1: Noontide of Valinor - Darkening ● Fingolfin ● Anairë Day 2: Exile - Arrival to Beleriand ● Fingon ● Argon ● Elenwë Day 3: Mithrim - The Long Peace ● Turgon ● Aredhel ● Eöl Day 4: Dagor Bragollach - War of Wrath ● Idril ● Maeglin ● Tuor ● Eärendil ● Elwing Day 5: Lindon - War of the Ring ● Elrond ● Elros ● Gil-galad Day 6: Fourth Age Middle-earth - Return to Valinor ● Númenórean descendants ● Peredhil descendants Day 7: AUs, Canon divergences, Freeform ● Nolofinwëan OCs ● Canon ghosts ● Earlier canonical characters

This event is organized by Melesta. The mod runs on PST, but folks can post content or interact with the blog at their convenient time.

For further clarification, check out the FAQ and prompts pages. If your questions aren’t answered there, feel free to send them via an ask or get in touch with @melestasflight. Happy creating!

The event directory is accessible here.

The art in the banner is by @busymagpie

#nolofinweans #nolofinweanweek2023 #about #elrond #aragorn #fingon #fingolfin #turgon #aredhel #maeglin #silm #silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien #mod post

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tanoraqui · 2 years

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incomplete list of uses of the Silmaril in Elwing & Eärendil’s tower household at the edge of the Sundering Seas:

ship’s lantern/star (default)

embroidery lamp

paperweight

prized toy for baby seabirds too small for it to be a choking hazard yet

the ULTIMATE Forbidden Fruit for adventurous adult seabirds

(over the years, Elwing names several particularly relentless seagulls—always seagulls—after various Sons of Fëanor)

[Elwing under the sink!voice] “Hold the light a little lower—aha! There’s the clog!”

reference point in 20 Questions (“Is it bigger than a Silmaril?”)

improvised bookmark

“Honey, where did you put the Silmaril?” “I’m using it to scour pans for dinner!” “I need to sail! The people of Middle Earth need hope! It’s for the greater good!” “I am your wife! I am the greatest good you are ever gonna get!”

#elwing #earendil #peredhil #the silmarillion #headcanon accepted #my fic

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an-eldritch-peredhel · 1 year

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*ignoring the paper thrown at me by Tolkien's ghost as I post this* I think that the elf default of the Choice of the Peredhil is stupid and that Arwen (Elladan and Elrohir too, this post just isn't about them) continues to very slowly age up until she makes her final choice once and for all, so by the events of LotR she looks somewhere between late-20s to early-40s. She's gorgeous and elfly-ethereal and she has laugh lines and grey hairs and her neck hurts when she sleeps on it wrong. In this essay I will-

#my headcanons #arwen #peredhil #elrond also looks around that age (maybe a little older) not because of aging before his choice (he was much younger when he made it)#but because of either shapeshifting or weariness (or both your choice)#ANYWAY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND I HAVE O P I N I O N S #also tolkien implying that elros' kids didn't get the choice is bad imo :/#i will throw hands with a dead old man and ignore anything i want #i tend to think the Choice does change biological processes to a degree as well as the spiritual stuff so the peredain can get old #but the other option's valid as long as peredhil don't just get treated as elves who can choose to die #and because im not a coward YES i think that a peredhel who didn't make their choice for long enough (10000ish years depending its a While)#would die of old age and have to choose in mandos what happens to their soul (eventual reembodiment or the gift of men)#because im not afraid of my Implications thank you

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